Relationship of Work-Family Conflict and Personality Traits on Mental Health among Married Couples

Authors

  • Faisal Hayat Khan MPhil Scholar, Department of Psychology, Institute of Southern Punjab, Multan, Pakistan. Author
  • Khizra Iqbal Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Nishtar Medical University and Hospital, Multan, Pakistan. Author

Keywords:

Married Couples, Mental Health, Personality Traits, Work-Family Conflict

Abstract

The aim of this research was to find out the role of work family conflict and personality traits on mental health among married couples. Convenient sampling was employed in the survey method to collect data using a questionnaire in a correlational study design. The sample was consisted 280 married couples from different primary and secondary schools of Multan. Work and Family Conflict Scale (Haslam et al., 2015), Mental Health Inventory (Veit &Ware, 1983) and Big Five Inventory (Goldberg, 1993) were used to collect data. Finding of the study explore that work family conflict, personality traits and mental health was correlated with each other’s as work Family conflict was significantly positive correlation with Extrovert and Conscientiousness of personality traits. Work Family conflict is significantly correlate with mental health issues. Implications of the study were also discussed.

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Published

2023-12-31

Data Availability Statement

The datasets of the current study are not available publicly due to ethical reasons but are available from the corresponding author [K.I.] upon the reasonable request.

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2023): Journal of Marriage & Family Studies

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